id: 02103139
dt: j
an: 02103139
au: Meng, Fan C.
ti: Comparing Birnbaum importance measure of system components.
so: Probab. Eng. Inf. Sci. 18, No. 2, 237-245 (2004).
py: 2004
pu: Cambridge University Press, New York, NY
la: EN
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li: doi:10.1017/S0269964804182077
ab: Summary: This article provides with some simple criteria to compare
    Birnbaum reliability importance measure of components in a general
    binary coherent system. Such criteria are particularly useful in the
    absence of information concerning component reliabilities. We also find
    several simple (necessary and sufficient) conditions concerning system
    structure, under which such comparison is possible. Examples are given
    to illustrate our results.
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